Duplex pocket



A. HJELM.

DUPLEX Poom. AIPPLICATION FILED FEB-10, |919. 1,355,044. Patented Oo't.5, 1920.

In Il YUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED HJELM, OF WESTBY, MONTANA, ASSIG-NOR T0 LOCK POCKET GARMENT COM-IANY,l 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION.

DUPLEX POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Application filed February 10, 1919. Serial No. 276,142.

To all @07mm t may concern -e it known that I, ALFRED IIJELM, a cltlzenof the United States, resident of Wrestby, county of Sheridan, State ofMontana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DuplexPockets, of which the following is a specification. Y

The object of my invention is to provide a means forclosing the mouth ofa pocket which will be simple and inexpensive and easily applied to thepocket and will dispense with all spring plates or other metallic partsfrequently used in pockets of this kind.

A further object is to provide aA pocket adapted for garments generallyand particularly applicable to the bib or apron portion of overalls.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detaileddescription.

rl`he invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed ontin the claims.

In the accompanying' drawings forming `part of this specication,

Figure 1 is a front view of a pocket embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a view showing the arrangement of the flaps in the pocket,

Fig. l is a sectional view showing the pocket inverted` Fig. 5 is asectional view, showing the pocket opened for the reception of articlesto be placed therein.

In the drawing, 2 represents the wall of the garment on which the pocketis to be mounted. 3 is the front wall of the pocket, stitched at thebottom 4 and at the sides 5 to the wall of the garment 2, an opening 6being left at the top to form the mouth of the pocket. 7 is a flap,preferably folded to form a double thickness to obtain the desireddegree of stiffness, stitched at 8 to the inner face of the pocket 3 andextending across the pocket below the mouth thereof. The upper edge ofthis flap is free and may swing back and forth'on the stitched portion8. 9 is a flap, secured to the garment wall 2 at l0 and depending withinthe open mouth of the pocket and having its lower edge lapping bytheupper edge of the iap 7 and for the purpose of holding these edges intheir proper lapping position'I prefer to stitch the lower edge of theflap 9, as indicated at l1, to the ends of the flap 7 so that when theseflaps are separated the lower edgeof the flap 9 will always have atendency to slip in between the pocket 3 and the upper edge of the Iiap7. When an artic-le is to be inserted in the pocket, the flap 9 islifted to -allow the insertion of the article between `the flaps andbetween the flap 7 and the wall 2 into pocket l2 beneath.

In Fig. 2 I have indicated coins 13 in the bottom of this pocket. Now,assuming that the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2, if theapron or bib of the overall be dropped 'down so that when the pocket isinverted, as indicated in Fig. 4, the coins, watch, lrnife or otherarticle which may be in the bottom ofthe pocket will immediately drop bygravity and the mouth of the pocket, being closed by the lapping flaps 7and 9, the articles will drop into the secondary or auxiliary pocket 14:provided between the flap 9 and the garment wall 2 and will thereby beprevent-ed from dropping out of the pocket and kbeing lost. As soon asthe pocket has been returned to its proper position, the articlescontained in the auxiliary pocket ll-v will drop back by gravity intothe main pocket 12 where they can be easily reached by inserting thehand between the flaps 7 and 9. With this arrangement of the flaps Idispense entirely with all spring Yplates or any metallic parts whichadd to the expense of manufacture of the pocket without in any waylimiting the scope of the eld in which the pocket may be used.`

I claim as my invention:

l. The combination, with a garment wall, of a pocket wall securedthereto and having an opening forming the mouth of the pocket` flexibleflaps attached respectively to the pocket wall and the garment in saidmouth and having lapping edges and means securing said lapping edgestogether only at the opposite sides of the pocket to hold the freecentral portion of the garment flap in its working position between thepocket wall and the pocket flap.

2. The combination, with a garment Wall, of a pocket Wall securedthereto and having an opening' forming` the mouth or the pocket,flexible flaps mounted respectively on the 5 garment Wall and the pocketWall and hav-` ing their meeting edges Within the pocket lapping` by oneanother and the edge of one ALFRED HJ ELM.

